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package edos.prm.artifact;


/**
 * An {@code Artifact} is an entity manipulated within a process. An
 * {@code Artifact} is controlled by an {@code Activity} of the PRM.
 * <p>
 * There are two kinds of artifacts in the PRM: 1) core artifacts that represent
 * basic process notions, such as {@code Right} and {@code Role}; 2) context
 * defined artifacts - {@code Resource}s - that are specific to a community
 * process.
 * <p>
 * The class {@code Artifact} is the root class of all Artifact Types classes.
 * 
 * @version 1.0
 */
public interface Artifact {}
